According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Traverse City, MI (TVC) ranks #147 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Traverse City, MI posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.
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TVC on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Carrier.
Total delay minutes: 423,370.
Late Aircraft30.7% (129,973 min)
Carrier38.5% (163,199 min)
NAS (National Aviation System)19.8% (83,681 min)
Weather10.9% (46,022 min)
Security0.1% (495 min)
TVC - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: May (94.1%) · worst: December (88.4%)
TVC - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
TVC - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 19.8 min · taxi-in 6.2 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
TVC's average taxi-out (19.8 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is January 2025 at 35.2 min; the lightest is October 2024 at 13.5 min.
Cancellation & Diversion Analysis
Flight disruption statistics for Traverse City, MI.
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Traverse City, MI, both outside Michigan so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.
The standout signal at Traverse City, MI is the delay mix: Carrier owns 38.5% of 423,370 delay minutes across 50,174 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 81.3% (2.3 pts above the 79% national average), with 9,362 delayed and 503 cancelled (1.00%).
Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (30.7% late-aircraft, 38.5% carrier, 19.8% NAS, 10.9% weather, 0.1% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.
On the multi-year calendar, TVC is strongest in May (94.1% on-time) and weakest in December (88.4%), a 5.7-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~1,270 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ORD (Chicago) at 77.1% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
Traverse City, MI vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
81.3%Top 75%higher than 25% of 382 airports
Traverse City, MI
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U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025).
Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.
TVC's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.
Check the busiest route from TVC before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in May rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. January 2025 averaged 35.2 min. Taxi times →
On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Traverse City, MI's on-time rate?
Traverse City, MI (TVC) has a 81.3% on-time rate across 50,174 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 2.3 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the below-median on-time performance.
How does TVC rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Traverse City, MI ranks #147 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a mid-size U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Traverse City, MI?
Carrier is the leading delay cause at TVC, accounting for 38.5% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 30.7% late-aircraft, 38.5% carrier, 19.8% NAS/air-traffic-control, 10.9% weather, and 0.1% security.
When is the best time to fly through Traverse City, MI?
May is historically TVC's strongest month at 94.1% on-time, while December is the weakest at 88.4%, a 5.7-point swing across the BTS historical record.
Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights